Grief that does not end...
The colonization of Korea by Japan in 36 years gave a lot of pain to all Koreans, and the scars are still left everywhere. But Japan has never apologized properly to Korea for their colonial rule and still can not completely abandon their imperial ambitions. Despite the obvious historical fact that Japan took women to battlefields by force and forced them to work as "comfort women", Japan has never made any proper apology and fair compensation.
Please watch the video linked below. I believe that your understanding and support will help to solve this problem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z51UTIxk5U&feature=share&list=UU8ntMZ29Ii4OfZnDmJaSUpw"Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army before[1] and during World War II.[2][3] The name "comfort women" is a translation of a Japanese term ianfu (慰安婦) or a Korean term wianbu(慰安婦).[4][5] Ianfu is a euphemism for shōfu (娼婦) whose meaning is "prostitute(s)".[6]
Estimates vary as to how many women were involved, with numbers ranging from as low as 20,000[7] to as high as 200,000,[8][9] or even as many as 360,000 to 410,000[10] but the exact numbers are still being researched and debated.[11] Many of the women were from occupied countries, including Korea, China, and the Philippines,[12] although women from Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan (then a Japanese dependency), Indonesia (then the Dutch East Indies), East Timor (then Portuguese Timor),[13][14] and other Japanese-occupied territories were used for military "comfort stations". Stations were located in Japan, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, then Malaya, Thailand, Burma, New Guinea, Hong Kong, Macau, and French Indochina.[15] A smaller number of women of European origin from the Netherlands and Australia were also involved.
According to testimony, young women from countries in Imperial Japanese custody were abducted from their homes. In many cases, women were also lured with promises of work in factories or restaurants. Once recruited, the women were incarcerated in comfort stations in foreign lands.[16]"
<cited from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_women>
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